The project would have been paid for with a $600-per-year student fee increase.
The Tribune reports.
Cal Poly students reject University Union expansion
Cal Poly students sent a clear message this week that they don’t want to pay an additional $597 per year in fees to expand and remodel the University Union.
In a two-day...
Good for these students. The Republican Party is much more diverse than the Democrats. Just look at the presidential candidates for each party.
The College Fix reports.
Prepare to be called ‘racist’: Oklahoma U. College Republicans contest mandatory diversity training
Members of the University of Oklahoma’s College Republicans are taking on the five-hour “diversity”...
She was invited by College Republicans as the group’s winter speaker.
North by Northwestern reports.
NU College Republicans invite journalist Katie Pavlich as winter speaker
Katie Pavlich, a conservative journalist, spoke to a crowd of more than 40 on Monday night. She was invited by College Republicans at the group’s winter speaker, and talked...
When the higher ed bubble bursts, it’s going to make the last housing bubble look small.
Mike Flynn reports at Breitbart.
31% of U.S. Govt Assets Are Student Loans
Late last week, the U.S. Treasury Department released its annual financial report for the U.S. Government. The document calculates the government’s total number of assets...
Trump University was never accredited.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Trump University victims: “Trump is a fraud,” “phony”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm_7QMyoC5I
New video ads are hitting the airwaves featuring victims of Trump University, who all allege Donald Trump ripped them off with a “phony scam” — and that he should not be trusted by the American people.As we...
Higher education has entered the ‘beyond parody’ phase.
The American Interest reports.
Academia Is Losing Its Mind
It’s not just right-wing populists who are worried that some academic humanities and social science fields are veering into irrelevance. The latest issue of the left-of-center magazine American Prospect has a depressing report by the leftist Occidental...
College officials blame the drinks for contributing to “problematic behavior”.
NBC News reports.
Middlebury College Bans Energy Drinks, Linking Use to Alcohol, ‘High-Risk’ Sex
Say goodbye to the caffeine-fueled all-nighter: Middlebury College in Vermont has banned campus sales of popular energy drinks such as Red Bull and 5-Hour ENERGY.
College officials blame the drinks for...
It’s amazing how far some people will go to show their support for Bernie Sanders.
Professor Achintya Ray writes at The Tennessean.
The constitutional case for democratic socialism
To ask if democratic socialism will be successful in America is like asking if humans will ever land on the moon or be successful in scaling...
If you’re seeking financial aid, deal directly with the college.
Forbes reports.
The Single-Worst College Loan Repayment Move
Other than going into default for your student loans, there’s one sure way of getting sidetracked: You pay someone else to find a quickie solution to loan repayment.
There are really no shortcuts to paying down your...
As people say, something that can’t go on forever, won’t.
This is from the school’s website.
Western Illinois University to Cut $20 Million
As a result of the budget impasse and probable reductions to state appropriated funding for higher education, Western Illinois University President Jack Thomas announced...
Police are trying to determine where the alcohol came from.
The Seattle Times reports.
Alcohol poisoning suspected in death of Green River College student, 17, from China
Auburn police are investigating the death last week of a 17-year-old Green River College student from China, and evidence suggests he died of alcohol poisoning, Auburn...
Up to 80,000 people could be affected by this.
Business Insider reports.
University of California Berkeley alerts 80,000 people of a cyberattack
Officials at the University of California Berkeley said on Friday that they were alerting 80,000 people, including current and former students, faculty and vendors of a cyber attack on a system that...
College presidents earn more than twice the average pay for CEOs.
CBS News reports.
Are CEOs overpaid? Not compared with college presidents
Corporate chief executives have come under fire in recent years for their skyrocketing pay. But there’s a place that puts those executives to shame: academia.
College presidents on average earn $377,261 annually, or...
Making progressive ideas mandatory.
The College Fix reports.
Swarthmore College ponders strategy for new ‘social justice’ requirement
Approximately thirty faculty, staff, and members of the Intercultural Center (IC) at Swarthmore College met last week to discuss new course requirements dedicated to, get this — gender, race, class, and sexuality.
That’s right — requirements. Who would...
Many expect Rubio to take up the mantle of the “establishment” candidate.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Rubio picks up student support from GOP drop-outs’ teams
Marco Rubio is bulking up his student leadership team, with help from those who jumped ship from Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina’s failed campaigns.
Harvard student and national co-chair of...
The Davids are starting to beat the Goliaths.
The New York Times reports.
In College Endowment Returns, Davids Beat the Goliaths
In the world of money management, bigger is often considered better. College and university endowments greater than $1 billion, for example, have long outperformed their smaller rivals.
That may be changing.
In the latest annual...
This dean just can’t believe students are responsible enough to carry weapons.
The Associated Press reports.
Texas Dean Leaving School Because of Campus Carry Law
A prominent dean at the University of Texas said Thursday he is leaving the state for another job in large part because of the new Texas law that will...
She says it was a joke and didn’t know that making threats on social media was a crime.
WSBTV reports.
Police: College student said shooting threat was ‘all a joke’
A college student accused of threatening to shoot up her school campus says she is not guilty.
Channel 2 Action News had the only camera...
This story is ridiculous on so many levels.
The Daily Caller reports.
Michigan Creates ‘Safe Space’ For Students Afraid Of Debate On Feminism
A student center for gay, bisexual, and transgender students at the University of Michigan created a safe space Tuesday to protect students frightened by an approaching debate on the subject “Does...
One school that people may have expected to see on the list that did not make it is Yale University.
The Huffington Post reports.
The 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2016
This past year will be remembered as the year that freedom of speech (or the lack thereof) on U.S. campuses became international...
This sort of thing happens way too often.
FOX News reports.
NY college students who claimed to be victims of racist attack charged
Three black female college students who claimed to be victims of an assault by a group of white men and women have been charged themselves.
The University at Albany announced Thursday that...
Bias-incidents, according to the Student Life Website, are “incidents that make people feel targeted because of their social identity group membership.”
The College Fix reports.
‘Snow penis’ erected during snowstorm reported as ‘bias incident’ at University of Michigan
The University of Michigan, the Michigan Review reports, “continue[s] to struggle with its official position on...
